An Interactive, Illustrated Key for New South Wales
WF Ponder
SA Clark
MJ Dallwitz
Illustrations
Publisher:
CSIRO PUBLISHING
This CD-ROM contains an interactive identification system for native and introduced molluscan species living in estuarine and freshwater environments in New South Wales, Australia. It can also be used to identify many species in the similar faunas of eastern Victoria and southern Queensland. It is the first fully illustrated, interactive key to molluscs, an important group that includes gastropods (snails, slugs, limpets), bivalves (clams, cockles, oysters) and cephalopods (squids, octopuses).
Freshwater and Estuarine Molluscs is an easy-to-use, interactive key run by the Intkey program. The information provided is based on the literature, the personal experience of the authors and the extensive collections in the Australian Museum.
The package is designed for use by researchers, environmentalists, environmental managers, teachers and students interested in identifying and obtaining information about native and introduced estuarine and freshwater molluscs.
a comprehensive keying system to 344 species, including characteristics useful in distinguishing each taxon
for each species, habitat and distribution information, basic taxonomic information (including synonyms), relevant literature, and common names for the larger species
well over 1000 images, including illustrations of character states, and colour photographs of shells and living animals
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